Stories That Never Were: Marshall Rogers' concept art for an untitled mystery Bat-project!

[about_faces]

Another quick post today. Real life is too busy and hectic with the holidays coming up, and all my free writing time has been devoted to working on something more personal over at my neglected original LJ, thehefner. Sadly, I fear that I may not be able to whip together a Batman Returns review in time for Christmas, as I'd hoped! Well, until I can pull

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[akselavshalom]

Hey, man, it's christmas! Course it's okay.
Don't know much about Tweedledee/-dum, so can't say much else than that this version of them seems more interesting then they generally appear to be given the little I've seen.
Kinda fond of that Catwoman design, but it is... well, for some reason it reminds me of adult film industry. I... don't want to pursue that trail of thought any further.
Killer Moth here looks horrible in colors. I mean, seriously!
Lovin' Harvey here.
Penguin looks a bit too much like the aforementioned twins/cousins/whatever for my tastes. Come to think about it, how is Rogers' Penguin, anyway? Good/Bad/Meh?

Also, hope you respond to or at least look at my comment on the last post, so that you know what's coming (GIGANTENORMOUS comments-rage!). I want to know if it would be too much of a bother for you.

[psychopathicus]

From what I've read of Rogers' Penguin, he's kind of in the middle - not bad, but far from the greatest the character would ever get.

[about_faces]

His story is sadly one of the weakest parts of the otherwise-great Strange Apparitions storyline. There are a couple nice bits, but it's rather utterly forgettable wedged between the awesome Hugo Strange "death" and the famous return of Deadshot in his new costume.

[psychopathicus]

I suspect he may have only made an appearance so they could set up Deadshot's 'laser-monocle' escape.

[about_faces]

... well, for some reason it reminds me of adult film industry. I... don't want to pursue that trail of thought any further.

In fairness, this would hardly be the first time that someone has thought about Catwoman in an "adult industry" capacity. Hell, her use of a whip alone gaurenteed that implication LONG before Frank Miller made it explicit by turning her into a madam (in the future) and dominatrix (in the past).

Come to think about it, how is Rogers' Penguin, anyway? Good/Bad/Meh?

He looked fine in the story, nothing especially remarkable. Sadly, the script didn't give him much to work with, despite the fact that it's one of the best Batman sagas ever made, IMO.

And yes, I will get to that comment! Sometime! :)

[napoleoncheese]

The Penguin's plan in that story was too "Riddler", and the method he used with the birds to try and call Batman's attention was so far fetched and impractical it made me roll my eyes.

Other than that, the character was actually well portrayed, and I liked the final twist to his scheme.

[akselavshalom]

Okay, I'll rephrase the question: How is ENGLEHART's Penguin? (For some reason I always mix up the two.)

[napoleoncheese]

Oh, visually? It's a darn fine version of the character. No complains there at all. It's nothing terribly outstanding, but it's a competent and elegant rendition of the classic design.

[akselavshalom]

Wait, I thought Englehart wrote, Marshall drew?